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Government Departments: Civil Servants

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 17 March 2026UIN 119284

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were employed in each Government department as of 1 January 2026.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

Information on the number of civil servants employed in each Government department are published quarterly by Office for National Statistics (ONS) with a one quarter lag as part of their accredited official statistics publication ‘Public Sector Employment’. Latest data as at end September 2025 can be accessed using the web link below.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable

Information on Civil Service employment as at end December 2025 is scheduled for publication by ONS as part of these statistics on 19 March 2025.

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